Texas and New Mexico Act of 1850

PUB. DATE

August 2017

SOURCE

Texas & New Mexico Act of 1850;8/1/2017, p1

SOURCE TYPE

Primary Source Document

DOC. TYPE

Legal Material

ABSTRACT

Presents the text of the Texas and New Mexico Act of 1850. Territorial boundaries of New Mexico; Land seceded by the State of Texas to the United States; Government of the territories; Rights of citizens within the territories; Other statutes.

Chapter 1 of the book "The Utes Must Go!: American Expansion and the Removal of a People," by Peter Decker is presented. It describes the cultural and economic interaction between the Utes and the Spaniards in New Mexico during the Spanish occupation as well their repercussions to the Utes and...

Indians in New Mexico. Arny, William F. M.; Cozzens, Peter // Eyewitness to the Indian Wars, Volume 1;2001, p3

This chapter reprints the text of a proclamation issued by New Mexico Acting Governor William F.M. Arny, calling for volunteers against the Indians, which appeared in the December 29, 1866 issue of Army and Navy Journal. The condition of the territory of New Mexico, surrounded as it is by...